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Recent Press Releases and Feature Stories

A complete list from the last two weeks. For older content, search the PressPass archives

December 3, 2008

•	Microsoft Gives Businesses Lower TCO Versus Hidden Costs of Open Source Q&A: The prospect of saving 1 million pounds (US$1.48 million) within five years made switching to Microsoft a “no-brainer” at British company Speedy Hire.

•	Activision and Massive Agree to Multiyear, Multititle In-Game Advertising Partnership Massive is exclusive in-game ad provider for 18 Activision titles on Xbox and the PC, including “Guitar Hero.”

•	Massive Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment Form Multi-Year Advertising Relationship Massive teams with Blizzard Entertainment for ads on its Web sites and Battle.net online game service.

•	Massive Inc. Hosts First In-Game Advertising Upfront Event Massive wraps up record-setting year with groundbreaking ad campaigns, long-term publisher partnerships and impressive results — proof that in-game advertising has become a key advertising medium.

•	Document Interoperability Initiative Demonstrates Momentum and Results Industry collaboration leads to new interoperability solutions that deliver customer choice by improving how documents work across platforms.

December 2, 2008

•	School of the Future World Summit Fosters School Reform Through Communities of Continuous Learning Microsoft Partners in Learning works with education leaders and policymakers around the globe, equipping them to assess and overcome challenges.

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Microsoft ESP Showcases the Future of Immersive Simulation Experiences Government, industry and academic professionals attending Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) 2008 get an early look at future capabilities and new visual simulation solutions built on Microsoft ESP.

•	Free Online Career Development Course Now Available to 16 Million Students Nationwide Microsoft, Michigan Department of Education and Michigan Virtual University offer CareerForward to help students prepare for a 21st-century workplace.

December 1, 2008

•	Xbox 360 Registers Biggest Black Friday in Its History Xbox 360 consoles and games sell at record levels; outsells PlayStation 3 by three-to-one ratio.

•	Microsoft Hosts Global Education Leaders at School of the Future World Summit Elites will discuss what’s possible for 21st century learning and education investments in a time of global economic slowdown.

November 24, 2008

•	Xbox 360 Survey Reveals Families are sticking together and searching for better entertainment value this holiday.

•	Massive and THQ Sign Multiyear Deal to Enable Dynamic In-Game Advertising Within THQ Titles THQ names Massive as exclusive in-game ad provider in global, multiyear, multi-title deal.

November 21, 2008

•	Microsoft Announces Upcoming Events for the Financial Community Events with Microsoft leadership slated for December

November 20, 2008

•	Microsoft, ESRI to Help Improve Homeland Security Operations Technology partnership in FusionX makes fusion center situational analysis affordable, easy to use.

•	Xbox 360 Issues the Ultimate Worldwide Casting Call With the Release of “You’re in the Movies” New Xbox 360 exclusive, interactive movie game hits store shelves today using the Xbox LIVE Vision camera for friends and family to create B-movies so bad, they’re good.

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